Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Grubb, Nehemiah 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Nehemiah Grubb, farmer, section 33, Genesee Township, was born Dec. 4, 1840, 
in Lancaster Co., Pa. He is the oldest of two sons born to Samuel and Mary 
(Row) Grubb, of whom a sketch appears on other pages of this work, and that of 
Elam R., the younger son, appearing elsewhere, gives a complete record of the 
Grubb family in Genesee Township. Mr. Grubb was about 14 years of age when the 
family abandoned their native State and came to Illinois. They came at once to 
Whiteside County and settled for the first year in Sterling. In the second 
year (1855) the parents bought a farm on section 33, Genesee Township. The 
sons had obtained a fair education, and on taking possession of their 
homestead the father and sons gave their undivided attention to the conversion 
of the hitherto untilled prairie into a valuable and fertile farm. Mr. Grubb 
became the possessor of 40 acres of land previous to his marriage, which was 
situated on the same section as that purchased by his father, and on which he 
began to make improvements. He was married July 7, 1870, in Hopkins Township, 
to Amanda, daughter of Peter and Charlotte (Mellengar) Gara. The family of the 
wife were natives of Lancaster County, and were of German ancestry and 
descent. They were farmers and came to Illinois in 1865. Mrs. Grubb is the 
oldest child and was born in Lancaster County, Nov. 7, 1850, and she was 15 
years of age when she came with her father's family to Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. 
Grubb have one child,— Frank R.,—who was born Jan. 2, 1871. After their 
marriage they took possession of the small farm where Mr. Grubb had prepared a 
home for his family. It has been enlarged and now contains 80 acres, all of 
which is under improvements, with buildings and equipments suited to a farmer 
who is making a substantial start in the world. Mr. Grubb is a Republican of 
decided type.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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